Outgrowing Church

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
Cover of the book Outgrowing Church by John Killinger, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Author: John Killinger ISBN: 9781621897279
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers Publication: June 26, 2013
Imprint: Cascade Books Language: English
Author: John Killinger
ISBN: 9781621897279
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Publication: June 26, 2013
Imprint: Cascade Books
Language: English

Why are so many people drifting away from today's churches? John Killinger suggests that part of the problem is that they have personally outpaced the thinking and understanding of the church, so that they no longer find it adequate as a social structure for the celebration of their faith. In their attempts to find Jesus and his teachings relevant within the new culture, they strike out on their own or adhere to para-Christian organizations that retain an allegiance to Jesus without the baggage of the traditional institution. Killinger, a former big-steeple minister and theologian, describes how he himself has been forced essentially to abandon the church in order to remain faithful to the beliefs and ideals that first drew him into it.

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Why are so many people drifting away from today's churches? John Killinger suggests that part of the problem is that they have personally outpaced the thinking and understanding of the church, so that they no longer find it adequate as a social structure for the celebration of their faith. In their attempts to find Jesus and his teachings relevant within the new culture, they strike out on their own or adhere to para-Christian organizations that retain an allegiance to Jesus without the baggage of the traditional institution. Killinger, a former big-steeple minister and theologian, describes how he himself has been forced essentially to abandon the church in order to remain faithful to the beliefs and ideals that first drew him into it.

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